19 Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without,
19 Then he measured the distance from the inner front of the lower gate to the outer front of the inner court,
19 He measured the distance from the front of the entrance gateway across to the entrance of the inner court: one hundred fifty feet.
19 Then he measured the width from the front of the lower gateway to the front of the inner court exterior, one hundred cubits toward the east and the north.
19 Then the man measured across the Temple's outer courtyard between the outer and inner gateways; the distance was 175Â feet.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 40:19
Chapter Contents
The Vision of the Temple.
Here is a vision, beginning at ch. 40, and continued to the end of the book, ch. 48, which is justly looked upon to be one of the most difficult portions in all the book of God. When we despair to be satisfied as to any difficulty we meet with, let us bless God that our salvation does not depend upon it, but that things necessary are plain enough; and let us wait till God shall reveal even this unto us. This chapter describes two outward courts of the temple. Whether the personage here mentioned was the Son of God, or a created angel, is not clear. But Christ is both our Altar and our Sacrifice, to whom we must look with faith in all approaches to God; and he is Salvation in the midst of the earth, Psalm 74:12, to be looked unto from all quarters.